THIS WEEK IN

Susie Day The Fight to Stop Cop City Won’t Stop

Scott Remer Those Old Gerontocracy Doldrums

How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power Are Quietly Managing Its Disaster Narrative

BY Kolin Kobayashi

This year marks the 13th year since the Fukushima accident began, yet the path to a conclusion is by no means clear. The declaration of a state of emergency still cannot be lifted because of the various dangers and difficulties that have arisen. Despite this, Prime Minister Kishida’s government is doing more than ever to promote nuclear power as a basic energy source. This approach is similar to that of the French administration, which is also trying to promote nuclear energy as a dual-use nuclear weapon. More

What Would Real “National Defense” Look Like?

BY William Astore

A progressive Pentagon? Talk about an oxymoron! The Pentagon continues to grow and surge with ever larger budgets, ever more expansive missions (for example, a Space Force to dominate the heavens and yet more bases in the Pacific to encircle China), and ever greater ambitions to dominate everywhere, including if necessary through global thermonuclear warfare. No wonder it’s so hard, to the point More

Is the Media Really Liberal?

BY Nick Licata

There are over 15,000 radio stations in the US, with a weekly reach of around 82 percent among adults. About a hundred stations are political/talk radio stations. Other stations may have a single political talk show or host a syndicated talk radio commentator. Overall, only a small percentage of all talk shows are political commentary shows. Preaching conservative values that embrace less government is more apparent on radio than conservative columnists dominating the editorial pages of newspapers. More

Letter from London: Whose Round in the Square Mile?

BY Peter Bach

Today, the City of London Corporation, or ‘The Square Mile’, from Temple to the Tower of London, location of so much previous UK financial gravitas, is groaning under the weight of diminished confidence. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the UK is about to become one of the poorest performing advanced economies both this year and next — with only Argentina worse. Despite inflation falling last month, how it must sting what skin still remains in the game. More